The application period for the Spring 2018 Scholarship Program at the CIA Greystone in Napa is CLOSED! Check back soon!

The professional kitchen is a team environment, full of unsung heroes– the working cooks who make it all possible. Every well-known chef has risen to the top of the profession with guidance and training from others. They have been mentored, prodded, encouraged, taught a skill, given a first job or a second chance.

Today, Chef Celebration Foundation of San Diego is passing on this tradition of learning and support to San Diego’s rising stars. Chef Celebration chooses 12 culinarians, nominated by chefs in San Diego with whom they’ve worked, to go on a group trip to the Culinary Institute of America’s Greystone Campus in Napa Valley, CA for a week of intensive courses designed specifically for us! It has been a great success and we are looking forward to the future trips, the friendships, and the learned skills that can only improve the community of future chefs in San Diego.

Our Mission

Chef Celebration Foundation of San Diego is a nonprofit organization that strives to enhance the knowledge and potential of promising young chefs and lay a foundation of excellence for San Diego’s culinary future.
Every year, Chef Celebration holds a series of dinners featuring teams of award-winning local chefs who donate their time and talents to raise funds for an annual scholarship program.